Many of us have a complicated relationship with our bodies. A rape victim knows it wasn’t her fault, but her body still feels like trash. A girl struggling with anorexia is feather-weighted, but she feels fat. Our sense of identity is often mismatched from reality. We experience horrors or believe delusions that make untruth feel true. Similarly, a girl struggling with gender dysphoria—a girl who feels like a boy—is experiencing identity incongruence. Her feelings contradict physiology. Continue Reading →
Many of us have a complicated relationship with our bodies. A rape victim knows it wasn’t her fault, but her body still feels like trash. A girl struggling with anorexia is feather-weighted, but she feels fat. Our sense of identity is often mismatched from reality. We experience horrors or believe delusions that make untruth feel true. Similarly, a girl struggling with gender dysphoria—a girl who feels like a boy—is experiencing identity incongruence. Her feelings contradict physiology. Continue Reading →